NASA's Swift space telescope predicted to crash back to Earth on Wednesday
Almost 22 years after it was launched, NASA's Swift Observatory is now about to fall back to Earth on Wednesday after attempts to push it back into a higher orbit failed. NASA announced that the aging space telescope is anticipated to re-enter Earth's atmosphere at approximately 3:30AM ET (give or take 11 hours), and that it expects most of the spacecraft to burn up, but some components will likely survive re-entry. The observatory weighs around 3,200 pounds and measures in at 5.6 meters (18.4 f
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The Verge: The Swift Observatory is expected to re-enter Earth’s atmosphere on Wednesday, and is ‘unlikely’ to cause harm.
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The New York Times: 'Sad day' for astronomers as Nasa telescope set to crash back to Earth
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The New York Times: NASA's Swift space telescope predicted to crash back to Earth on Wednesday
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The New York Times: NASA's Swift telescope predicted to plummet back to Earth today
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